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1 If God hadn't been for us - all together now, Israel, sing out! -
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1 If the LORD had not been on our side-- let Israel say--
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2 If God hadn't been for us when everyone went against us,
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2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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3 We would have been swallowed alive by their violent anger,
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3 when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
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4 Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent;
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4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
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5 We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water.
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5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
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6 Oh, blessed be God! He didn't go off and leave us. He didn't abandon us defenseless, helpless as a rabbit in a pack of snarling dogs.
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6 Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
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7 We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight.
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7 We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
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8 God's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth.
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8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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| Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) |
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